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Putting this at the top for idiots saying "BuT I sEe No CoNtRaCt?" It's a matter of public record, trials have open doors. But here's a repo of what's currently been made available:

https://bamsucks.com/

Share this everywhere, please help the Mansell family in any way you can. This should be a slam dunk case. I'll try and keep this updated as videos drop.

Ben's Videos:

Supporting videos/articles from/of those involved:

The Civil Rights Lawyer Videos:

Legal Eagle Videos:

Leonard French's Videos:

MoistCr1tikal/penguinz0 Videos:

Coffeezilla/Voidzilla Videos:

SomeOrdinaryGamers Videos:

Support the creators, Reckless Ben, for the amazing and exhausting work going into all of this, funds go to legal fees and helping the Mansell family who were victims of theft by BAM corporate, and the American Fork, UT police coverup.

https://westealfromoldpeople.com/

Key people:

Those who need your support:

  • Bryan Mansell: The collector whose family allegedly consigned the Star Wars LEGO collection to the Salem-Keizer Bricks & Minifigs store. His family is the one allegedly left without the full collection or proper payment.

  • Reckless Ben / Ben Schneider: The YouTube creator who entered the story after the Mansell family reached out. His tactics were provocative and legally risky in places, but they turned the dispute into a national controversy. His exposé so far should be treated as a template, in my opinion, for exposing these greedy, inhuman corporations. Thanks Reagan.

  • Mansell’s Father: The 83-year-old collector who helped build the collection over many years. Due to recent developments in his health, he cannot be unduly stressed as it could be dangerous. His son, with his blessing, was attempting to sell his collection to aid in medical costs (fuck the American healthcare scam, Universal Healthcare let's go). However, because of these developments, Bryan can't even inform his father for worry of aggravating his condition.

  • Chrystal Law-Gorman And Benjamin Gorman: The original Salem-Keizer Bricks & Minifigs franchise operators. They reportedly signed the consignment agreement, handled the collection for months and paid Mansell his share before the store takeover dispute. They have recently put forth evidence that the consignment was allowed according to the franchise agreement they signed as well as they have security camera recordings of BAM corporate agreeing to take on the consignment which is in clear contradictiom to BAM's claims.

Name and Shame

  • BAM Franchising: The corporate parent/franchisor behind Bricks & Minifigs. BAM’s role matters because the company allegedly stepped into the store transition and later argued that the consignment was unauthorized. The company has claimed that everything Ben has shown are lies without putting forth any evidence of their own.

  • Ammon McNeff: CEO of BAM Franchising and the main corporate face of the controversy. His response is central to the leadership criticism because he appears to have focused on distancing corporate from responsibility instead of making Mansell whole. He has outright lied on camera in several instances according to the information presented by Ben.

  • Matt McNeff: COO of BAM Franchising and Ammon McNeff’s brother. He is part of the corporate leadership structure behind the Bricks & Minifigs franchise system.

  • Ki McAllister: Executive Project Manager at BAM Franchising. Security camera footage and recorded phonecalls show that, on behalf of BAM, he accepted the consignment and threatened to use legal pressure to silence the previous owners.

  • Brandon Best: One of the post-transition operators tied to Baker Bricks. He is important because the dispute centers on what happened to the store inventory after the takeover and who controlled the remaining consigned sets. He was present in the security camera footage when the former owners mentioned the consignment as he hurried them out of the location. He held the phone in the security footage while Ki McAllister agreed to take on the consignment as part of the ownership transfer.

  • Joshua Johnson: The other post-transition operator tied to Baker Bricks and American Fork, Utah. He became a major focus after Reckless Ben’s attempts to contact and serve him led to repeated American Fork police involvement. Allegedly, given the evidence Ben presents, convinced the police to arrest Ben for stealing the legos, in which the police execute a search and raid on the residence and arrest all of Ben's friends and himself while present despite finding no evidence of theft.

  • Baker Bricks LLC: The entity tied to Brandon Best and Joshua Johnson after the store transition. Its role matters because it appears connected to the new operation that took over the store after BAM’s intervention.

  • American Fork Police: The Utah police department that became part of the story after repeated interventions involving Ben’s attempts to contact, serve and publicly pressure Joshua Johnson. Their conduct is now one of the most troubling parts of the controversy because it appears biased and retaliatory.

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[–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This is the first Mr. Beast-esque video I've really enjoyed. I have my criticisms as I'm sure we all do, but 35 minutes in I consider it absolutely solid and thank OP for bringing it to my attention.

Edit: one of my critiques was that he calls everything a "loophole"; even things that are simply illegal. He then goes on to create an actually creative loophole--the only true one I've noticed in the video--with their method to work around the debt splitting limitation. As much as I'd love to see a lawyer cross the employees in front of the shop owner at trial, it managed to scratch my itch

Edit 2: Found what I believe to be part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxZPfj8AlmY This might be a huge step towards mainstream class consciousness lol, I think it's the most well-documented case of the deceptive tactics police use to build criminal cases, the fact legitimized violent forces exist to protect property and business interests, and how entire police forces can be corrupted over relatively minor things all in one.

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Totally agree with everything here, just wanted to point out that your link to part 2 is actually the same link as OP (part 1).

[–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh crap thanks, I'll correct this later